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Kandahar Province is located in the south of Afghanistan. It is bordered by Zabol Province in the east, Oruzgan Province in the north, Helmand Province in the west and Pakistan to the south. It's capital city is Kandahar. Basically it is mountains in the north and desert in the south. Despite it being a violent and dangerous place, there is some amazing scenery here. I just love barren mountains with lush green valleys which there are a few here. You have a fairly modern city (relatively speaking in Afghanistan terms) with traditional mud villages. There are somethings you must watch out for. There are lots of marijuana fields and I believe it is number 2 in opium production in Afghanistan. Oh and at time of writing there is that on going insurgency. Leave a Comment
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 Shari Naw by JuanGaitan
In Kabul? I should upload probably a 100 pics.
But well, I think that these is a real hygienic "challenge". Go to get a cut hair at a local barber.
Real funny and scary. I went to these place, and there he was, an old Afghan, with an old scissors and I knife like one of those for hunting.
I just closed my eyes and said my prayers.
It wasn't bad, at least I'm still having hair on my head. Leave a Comment
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Helmand is a large province with an area of 23,058 square miles in the south of Afghanistan that borders Kandahar province, Oruzgan province, Ghowr province, Farah province, Nimruz province and Pakistan to the south. It's capital is Lashkar Gah. In the 1960s it was the centre of a US development project that built irrigation canals around the country. You can see lots of canals as you approach the south of the province. This was abandoned when the communists seized power. Today Helmand is quite wild westish. Lots of violence and it produces the most opium in Afghanistan. It produces 1/5 of the world's opium. There are a lot of ruins from old mud castles here. I was told that one castle that I saw was destroyed by Alexander the Great on his way through. Leave a Comment
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 Registan Desert by canuckmikeLeave a Comment
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Ghazni-- Small town in the mountains between Khandahar and Kabul. 500 years ago it has a 50 mile long lake fron and was the capitol of Central Asia. Now there is no lakefront and no lake. Leave a Comment
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that's the only thing there is, in afghanistan: unbeaten paths.
the only asphalt rd is the desert highway from kabul to herat via qandahar.
i strongly recommend to use motorbikes rather than the shared toyota hiace taxis.
you can buy a second hand Honda bike 125 cc in kabul for 500 dollars and sell it for 400 in herat.
fuel's on the way in bigger villages. that rocks much less than the cars, with all these ruts on the mud tracks. Leave a Comment
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 Having a "chay"; Herat,
Afghanistan by Claus_Qvist
Afghanistan is never going to be part of the major tourist route which is actually excellent, as tourism has a nasty habit of destroying the local people.
For years to come, Afghanistan will be one of the most intriguing and exciting destinations for the not-too-scary traveller.
The country must be one of the best places in the world for "people watching" and it certainly doesn't hurt that the Muslim hospitaly by far exceeds the urge to kill the "infidels". The Afghans regard you as a true friend. Leave a Comment
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